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March 19, 2012

My 2012 fantasy baseball team (draft results)

Ah, spring is supposedly just around the corner, even if it's still frigid here in Oregon. And that means baseball is just around the corner. I signed up for a public league on ESPN, and here's the team I drafted (I had pick #10 in a 10-team league):

1 (10 overall) - Joey Votto 1b

2 (11) - Roy Halladay sp

3 (30) - Giancarlo (Mike) Stanton of

4 (31) - David Wright 3b

5 (50) - Zack Greinke sp

6 (51) - Ben Zobrist 2b/of

7 (70) - Brian McCann c

8 (71) - Stephen Strasburg sp

9 (90) - Ryan Madson rp

10 (91) - Adam Jones of

11 (110) - Matt Garza sp

12 (111) - Desmond Jennings of

13 (130) - Joel Hanrahan rp

14 (131) - Carlos Beltran of

15 (150) - Joakim Soria rp

16 (151) - Nick Swisher of

17 (170) - Stephen Drew ss

18 (171) - Ryan Howard 1b

19 (190) - Kelly Johnson 2b

20 (191) - Colby Rasmus of

21 (210) - Frank Francisco rp

22 (211) - Erik Bedard sp

23 (230) - Matt Thornton rp

24 (231) - Kenley Jansen rp

25 (250) - Roy Oswalt sp (FA)

I'm mostly happy with this team. 2012 projections are a bit of a crapshoot, but they suggest that my offense should do well on all categories except maybe batting average. But then again, that's the one that's subject to the most variation, so it's probably the best one to avoid relying on. Barring injury or disaster, my pitching staff should dominate. I think saves are a stupid stat and closers are overrated, but I've got 5.5 of them, and my starters are pretty much are high strikeout ones. Strasburg will be limited to about 160 innings, but they should 160 awesome innings. Bedard will also no doubt turn in not so many innings due to injury, but he's always effective when available. I'll have to check the waiver wire for spot starters . . . . Oswalt was just a flier; by then, I had checked out and let the computer draft for me, based on players I picked out.